 Radiotherapy, High-Energy
"Radiotherapy, High-Energy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation. Types of radiation include gamma rays, produced by a radioisotope within a teletherapy unit; x-rays, electrons, protons, alpha particles (helium ions) and heavy charged ions, produced by particle acceleration; and neutrons and pi-mesons (pions), produced as secondary particles following bombardment of a target with a primary particle.
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D011882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.722
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| 1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiotherapy, High-Energy" by people in Profiles.
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Salama JK, Stenson KM, List MA, Mell LK, Maccracken E, Cohen EE, Blair E, Vokes EE, Haraf DJ. Characteristics associated with swallowing changes after concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Oct; 134(10):1060-5.
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Bernard D, Chu JC, Rozenfeld M, Lanzl LH, Pagnamenta A, Saxena A. Design optimization of intraoperative radiotherapy cones. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Apr 01; 55(5):1446-57.
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Abrams RA, Liu PJ, Ambinder RF, Haulk TL, Korman LT, Herman MG, Jones RJ. Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: local-regional radiation therapy after bone marrow transplantation. Radiology. 1997 Jun; 203(3):865-70.
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Jacobs JJ, Kull LR, Frey GA, Gitelis S, Sheinkop MB, Kramer TS, Rosenberg AG. Early failure of acetabular components inserted without cement after previous pelvic irradiation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1995 Dec; 77(12):1829-35.
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Chakravarthy A, Abrams RA. Radiation therapy in the management of patients with malignant carcinoid tumors. Cancer. 1995 Mar 15; 75(6):1386-90.
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Cox JD, Samson MK, Herskovic AM, Abrams R, Koehler M. Cisplatin and etoposide before definitive radiation therapy for inoperable squamous carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma of the lung: a phase I-II study of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Cancer Treat Rep. 1986 Oct; 70(10):1219-20.
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Taylor SG, Murthy AK, Showel JL, Caldarelli DD, Hutchinson JC, Holinger LD, Kramer T, Kiel K. Improved control in advanced head and neck cancer with simultaneous radiation and cisplatin/5-FU chemotherapy. Cancer Treat Rep. 1985 Sep; 69(9):933-9.
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